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Support our gay service mean and women Castro San Francisco. Here is a salute to one of these brave soldiers. The parents of Andrew Wilfahrt, a gay soldier who was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan in February, remember their son in a passionate new video for the Courage Campaign. My Castro San Francisco urges you to take part on this campaign. So get out there Castro San Francisco and make some noise.

"Our son Andrew was a gay man, very openly gay, and loud and proud about it when he lived here in Minneapolis," Jeff Wilfahrt says in the video. "Of course, when he entered the military, he had to go back in the closet."

Castro San Francisco residents are saddened by the following news. Matthew Morrison is not gay, despite the fact that he's a song-and-dance man who isn't afraid to show his sensitive side.

The Glee star says the gay rumors about him go back for as long as he can remember, but they've never bothered him in the slightest. Many gay Castro San Francisco residents can recall all too well about "gay" rumors.

Prepare yourself Castro San Francisco. The Indiana senate judiciary committee voted Wednesday morning to advance a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban marriage equality and civil unions. Residents of the Castro roll their eyes at yet another speed bump on the road towards equality.

Senators approved the measure by a vote of 7 to 3 after rejecting an amendment to spare civil unions, according to the Indianapolis Star. So we here in gay San Francisco have to wonder what is next. The measure now heads to the full senate for a vote.

Here we go Castro San Francisco with the latest crusade for equality. It was legalized discrimination — not to mention an abuse of the Constitution for political purposes. My vote against it — which some predicted would cost me reelection in 1996 — is among my proudest votes as a United States Senator. But my job in 2011 isn't to feel good about my vote — or to boast that fifteen years later, I'm vindicated when at last an American President now agrees that DOMA is unconstitutional. No, my job — and our job together — is to work to undo the damage that DOMA has done in treating loving, committed couples like second class citizens. Now that is music to our ears in the heart of gay San Francisco.

My Castro San Francisco urges you to keep an eye out for the latest in this repeal. We know the impact of DOMA: every day, Americans are denied access to more than 1,100 federal benefits, including Social Security and numerous tax benefits — benefits that are derived from marriage and are available to every opposite-sex married couple. Benefits that we here in Castro San Francisco deserve.

Check this story out My Castro San Francisco readers. A shop teacher who mocked Florida gay student Luke Herbert (pictured) will publicly apologize as part of a settlement between the Flagler County School District and the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. An apology that will be met under close scrutiny thinks Castro San Francisco residents.

The Palm Coast, Fla., freshman was told he couldn't keep his soda in the same refrigerator as other students or they'd turn out gay. An outrage that sickens most of is in gay San Francisco. Herbert, 15, said he and his mother complained to school officials several times about the teacher, but no one took the complaints seriously. Do you remember any horrible teachers like that Castro San Francisco?

News for all Castro San Francisco residents. Is it possible that we here in the Castro could obtain insurance if our partner becomes unemployed? Newly proposed legislation by two Democratic legislators would ensure that LGBT Americans are covered by COBRA insurance benefits if their partner becomes unemployed, reports The Washington Blade. A report that Castro San Francisco warmly welcomes.

Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York introduced legislation, called the Equal Access to COBRA Act, in the House on Thursday, while Sen. Barbara Boxer of California introduced it in the Senate. Gay supporters like Boxer are rooted on my Castro San Francisco residents. Boxer had introduced the legislation in 2010 as well.

Castro San Francisco residents may find this news of interest. Andrew Cuomo held a strategy session with gay activists on March 9, 2011. Cuomo's team has confirmed that the New York governor is planning to meet with a group of gay marriage activists and strategists today (March 9, 2011) to help plan and prepare for the state's fight for marriage equality. Sounds good to us at My Castro San Francisco. This meeting is being viewed as Cuomo's strongest move yet towards the eventual difficult fight for marriage equality in New York. Castro San Francisco residents hope that their support is felt! Cuomo will face a difficult battle as the state already voted marriage equality down two years ago.

Here is some interesting news for all of us in Castro San Francisco. In the latest episode of Our America with Lisa Ling, a new series on OWN, the former co-host of The View seeks to understand the "ex-gay" movement, and she hopes gay viewers will join her. Will Castro San Francisco join in?

We will be sure to tune in here at My Castro San Francisco. Watch exclusive clips from Tuesday night's episode of Our America With Lisa Ling below. As a former co-host of The View and host of National Geographic Explorer, Lisa Ling is accustomed to provocative and dangerous terrain. Residents of the Castro district wonder if she is a good choice. However, where gay viewers are concerned, few territories prove as treacherous as the "ex-gay" movement and its belief that gay people can be "cured," an idea she explores in the latest episode of Our America With Lisa Ling, her new series on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.

Castro residents and MyCastro.com fans have seen it all. But not this. An Ohio priest who was arrested for driving under the influence pleaded not guilty in court Friday to DUI charges after he was caught on tape offering the arresting offers oral sex if they'd let him go. The Castro District couldn’t be more offended by this priests action.

It's the third OVI (operating a vehicle while intoxicated)/DUI arrest for Father Ignatius Kury since 2004. In the video (posted below), he’s caught threatening the officers, offering them blow jobs, and asking if they want him to be some sort of "sexual slave."

Barack Obama has named Jeremy Bernard, currently Senior Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to France, as the White House social secretary. Castro San Francisco may say big deal however, this man is openly gay.

Bernard is the first man and first openly gay person to have the job. The word from Castro residents is that of optimism.

"Jeremy shares our vision for the White House as the People's House, one that celebrates our history and culture in dynamic and inclusive ways. He also shares our vision at My Castro San Francisco. We look forward to Jeremy continuing to showcase America's arts and culture to our nation and the world through the many events at the White House," Obama said in a statement.